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Common Input Parameters

Each of the MIDAS utilities define a number of input parameters. The following parameters are common to many :

[-e <exptname> ]: specifies the MIDAS Experiment to connect to (where multiple experiments are defined on the MIDAS host (see exptab).

This option supersedes the default experiment name given by the environment variable MIDAS_EXPT_NAME , if defined.
If multiple experiments are defined, unless MIDAS_EXPT_NAME is defined or this argument is supplied, the application will request the experiment name.
If the environment variable MIDAS_DIR is defined (i.e. single default experiment), both the exptname input parameter and environment variable MIDAS_EXPT_NAME will be superseded.

[-h <hostname> ]: connect to midas server mserver on given host hostname, i.e. specifies the MIDAS Host to connect to when connecting to an experiment running on a remote host. If the experiment is running on the local host, this argument need not be supplied.

If hostname is supplied :
- hostname must be a valid IP host name.
- hostname supersedes the default hostname given by the environment variable MIDAS_SERVER_HOST , if defined.
- the mserver utility must be running on the remote host.

If the environment variable MIDAS_DIR is defined (i.e. single default experiment), both the hostname input parameter and environment variable MIDAS_SERVER_HOST will be superseded.

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 Each of the [[Application listing|MIDAS utilities]] define a number of input parameters. The following parameters are common to many :
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-; [-h <hostname> ]  : specifies the [[MIDAS Host Name |MIDAS Host]] to connect to when connecting to an experiment running on a '''remote''' host. If the experiment is running on the '''local''' host, this argument need not be supplied.
+; [-h <hostname> ]  : connect to midas server [[mserver]] on given host ''hostname'', i.e. specifies the [[MIDAS Host Name |MIDAS Host]] to connect to when connecting to an experiment running on a '''remote''' host. If the experiment is running on the '''local''' host, this argument need not be supplied.
-* If ''hostname'' is supplied :
+* If ''hostname'' '''is''' supplied :
 ** ''hostname''  must be a valid IP host name.
 ** ''hostname'' supersedes the default hostname given by the environment variable [[Environment Variables#MIDAS_SERVER_HOST|MIDAS_SERVER_HOST]] , if defined.